Shirley M. Payne

Eversource Energy Service Co. provides centralized accounting, administrative, information resources, engineering, financial, legal, regulatory, operational, planning, purchasing and other professional services. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Hartford, CT.

Public Service Company of New Hampshire generates and distributes electricity. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in parts of New Hampshire. The firm owns generation assets that include fossil fuel-fired generating plants, wood-burning power plant, and hydroelectric facilities. The company was founded on August 16, 1926 and is headquartered in Manchester, NH.

Xerox Corp. engages in the integration of paper and digital products. The firm offers home, office, office laser, multifunction and all in one printer, digital sheet-fed printing presses and scanner. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Yankee Gas Services Co. provides natural gas distribution services. The firm distributes natural gas to central & southwest Connecticut towns and cities. The company is headquartered in Berlin, CT.

Essex Financial Services, Inc. (Essex Financial) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Essex, Connecticut. The firm was founded by John W. Rafal in 2003 as John W. Rafal & Associates, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Essex Savings Bank. Essex Financial provides portfolio management services to individuals, high-net worth individuals, corporations, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, Taft-Hartley plans, trusts, estates, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments and municipalities.

Educational Testing Service, Inc. engages in the provision of educational and professional testing services. The firm designs, develops, and implements customized assessment systems and support services to advance learning worldwide. It also provides services in the area of research, assessment development, test administration, test scoring, as well as instructional products and services. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provides legal advisory services. Its practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, corporate finance, insurance, tax, labor and employment, political law, private equity, corporate, antitrust, white collar crime, international, regulatory, and legislation. The company was founded by Marshall Skadden, John Slate, and Les Arps in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Lawrence & Memorial is a not-for-profit, general, acute care, private hospital that has been serving Connecticut region since 1912. They are licensed for 280 beds and provide patient care to medical, surgical, pediatric, rehab, psychiatric and obstetrical patients. Their staff has more than 2,400 highly skilled professional, technical and support personnel representing virtually every diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative specialty. Specialty areas include critical care, the region's only inpatient rehab unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, CT scanning and magnetic resonance imaging, interventional radiology, nationally recognized cardiac rehabilitation program which supports acute and step-down coronary care units caring for people who have had heart attacks, sleep center- located at Hilton Garden Inn, Groton and Employee Assistance Program Their primary service area includes 10 towns along the Connecticut shoreline between Rhode Island and the Connecticut River and as far inland as Montville. The hospital is an important health care provider for the residents of Fishers Island, New York, the area known as Washington County, Rhode Island, and other parts of eastern Connecticut. Their total service area population is approximately 180,000 people, expanding to 250,000 in the summer.

The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts operates as theater for community programs. It offers Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, travel films and children's theater. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Hartford, CT.

National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. was founded in 1920. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company provides investment research.

Society for Corporate Governance, Inc. engages in providing advisory services and providing professional development and education through seminars and conferences in corporate governance area. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Massachusetts General Physician's Organization, Inc. operates as a multi-specialty medical firm. It is working in partnership with the Massachusetts General Hospital and in cooperation with Partners HealthCare to builds on the synergies among clinical practice, research and teaching to improve its patient's well being and the professional lives of physicians and staff. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

New England Air Museum operates as an aircraft museum. The non-profit company is based in Windsor Locks, CT.

Part of Applied Materials, Inc., Applied Materials GmbH is a German company that specializes in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display, and solar photovoltaic industries. The company is based in Dresden, Germany. Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. The company's products create and deposit, shape and remove, modify, analyze, and connect materials and devices in new ways. The CEOs of the company are Samuel Kuk Lee, Thomas Michael Kurt Haas.

Mecatronix AG develops and markets vacuum technology-based systems and components. It designs magnetic bearing systems, with focus on the use of contactless technology with digital controller electronics. The firm’s mechatronic system features actuator, sensor, electronics, and software control technologies. It offers systems under the Levi System, Levi Axis, and Levi Drive brands, geared towards simple mounting, commissioning, and maintenance. The firm also provides engineering and technical support services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany.

NSTAR Gas Co. engages in the sale and transportation of natural gas. NSTAR Gas offers natural gas supply contracts, transportation contracts on interstate pipelines, market area storage and peaking services. It serves Cambridge, Somerville, New Bedford, Plymouth, Framingham, Worcester, and Dedham communities, as well as the Hyde Park area of Boston. The company is located in Boston, MA